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IMPROVEMENT IN HAND SEED PLANTER.

SPEOIFICA'IION.

To ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: t

Be it known that I, JOHN H. LATIMER, of Crystal Lake, in the county of McHcnry, and State of Illinois,

have invented a new and useful Improved Hand Seed Planter; and I do hereby declare and make known that the following is a fulhclear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawlugs, and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specification. I

hIy said invention consists in an implement for planting seeds, to be operated by hand, of novel construction, whereby two different kinds of seeds, as corn and pumpkin seeds, may be planted from separate receptacles at the same time, and which by readyadjustment can be adapted to seeds of diflerent kinds and sizes, and also to different kinds of soil, so that the various seeds may be deposited and planted at the proper depth in the soil. To enable those skilled in the art to understand how to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation with particularity, making refcrencc, in so doing, to the' aforesaid drawings, in which-j- Figure 1' represents a front elevation of my invention.

. Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.

Figure 3 shows a rear elevation thereof; and Figure 4 .is a side central sectional view of the'same. 1 Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts of my invention.

A represents, a longitudinal box or case intended to be held in a vertical position, containing a seed chamber, B, provided with a slide cover a, and having attached thereto, as shown, a second chamber, 0, provided with a similar sliding cover 6, as shown in the drawings. Between the said chambers, and separating them from each other, is arranged a vertical reciprocating sliding rod or bar, 1), provided with a handle H and an adj ustable gauge f, which, striking upon the stationary bar g, prevents a too great descent through the casing A, when the said bar D is thrust downward, as hereinafter mentioned. There is also a stop it upon said banD,

below the cross-bar g, to prevcnt the said sliding bar from being withdrawn from the apparatus when lifted up.

In thel0wer part of the'chamberB, as shown, there is a block E arranged, forming an'inclined'bottom to said chamber, extending nearly across the chamber to the slide D, to the edge of which block is attached a strip of rubber, or its equivalent, which presses against said bar D sufiiciontly to close the chamber B, but .which, ne'vertheless, allows said slide to more freely in contact therewith. A similar and equivalent "provision is made in the bottom of the second seed chamber, marked 0. Below the said apparatus, is a third chamber, L, as shown, its rear wall, G'r, being pivote front wall of the said chamber by the action of the spring S, which allows said hinged wallpr door to' yield back far enough to allow the slide D to pass down between, as clear faces of the said seas to adapt the machine to various kinds of seeds. which are shown at m c, in fig. 4., For small seeds the recep'taclcrnay be simply a recess in the face of the slide, as m, or for the larger seeds the receptacle may have a projecting lip or flange, as 0. At the point, e, of the maehine'which is thrust .into'the soil to form the hole into which the seed islplaced, as hereinafter mentioned, and upon the front of the implement,1is an adjustable gauge 01, which regulates the depth at which the seed is planter to diii'erent kinds of seed or grain which require to be planted at diiferent depths.

Havingdescribed the construction of my invention, I will new describe its operation. two kinds of seed, as corn and pumpkin seeds; as is very frequentlydone, inthe sainehill, the eorn is placed in the chamber B and the pumpkin seeds in the chamber 0, the seed carriers, m and c' beiug regulated so that they shall carry down the proper or desired quantity of seed, a5 aforesaid, and the gauge 01 being adiusted so as to allow thepoint center the ground to the proper depth, and the gauge f being adjusted-seas to allow the lower end ofthe hair D to pass down to the point e, as shown. By allowing the point e to fa l heav. 3 upon the ground, it will enter the same, as far as permitted by the gauge cl, when, by thrusting down the bar'D, enough corn for a-hill and a pumpkin seed or 'more are carried down into the chamber L, so that when the slide is drawn back the lower 'end of G is thrown against the front of the chamber L by the spring S, closing the chamber and retaining the seeds aforesaid therein lying at the bottom of the chamber, so that the succeeding thrust of. the

slide Dzforces the seeds out through the opening t chambers B Qat'the' lower end of the d at its upper end andheld against the 1y shown in figln thejljfr'ont and rear. .slide D are made suitable grooves to receive removable seed receptaclesfof various capacities,

planted, and which may be adjustedso as to adapt the If desired to plant hus formed into the ground as desired, at the same time. a carrying down seed for another hill. After thefirst hill is planted each thrust of the slide deposits a hill in i 'the ground and leaves seedfor the next hill in the chamber L. If only one kind of seed is planted, it may be placed in either chamber, having an appropriate seed box or carrier arranged in the slide, the capacity thereof varying for the various kinds of seed. 7

Having described the construction and operation of my invention, I will now specify what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

1. I claim a seed planter,- provided with one or two chambers B (l, and a chamber L provided with a hinged bottom G, and a spring S, or its equivalent, arranged with a slide D, provided with one or more seed-cavities, m 0, operating substantially in the manner and for the purposes specified.

2. In combination with the above, I claim the arrangement of the gauges elf, and the point e, as and for thepurposes specified,

3. I claim providing the chamber L with the hinged bottom G, and a spring-S, substantially as and for the V purposes set forth.

Witnesses:

ABNER OALKINS, i

1 Donus GALKI-NS. 4

JOHN H. LATIMER. P 

